Suit Linking Brain Cancer,
Cellphone Use Is Tossed Out

BALTIMORE -- A federal judge effectively killed an $800 million lawsuit that claimed a cellphone caused cancer, ruling that the evidence submitted in the case to support such a claim was inadequate.

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake ruled that the scientific evidence submitted by Christopher Newman, a Baltimore neurologist, wasn't substantial enough to proceed. Dr. Newman developed a brain tumor and filed a suit in 2000, claiming...